Counterfeit Hero

The atmosphere in the command hall of the West York Flagship was solemn and depressing.

The busy Xijiao staff stopped and stared at the majestic figure on the command platform with bated breath.

Looking back on the more than forty hours of fighting, it is difficult for everyone to describe in words the frustration and shock in their hearts.

Back when the fighter planes were swarming around the capital star, trying to draw out the Fei Alliance fleet in a showy manner, no one would have thought that this battle would turn into what it is now.

Until now, everyone still thought it was a dream. From time to time, he stretched out his hand and pinched his thigh. He grinned in pain and couldn't believe that the Spanish fleet, which had the advantage in strength, was actually led by the famous general Carnegie, with Banning, Keens and Cadell each sitting on the same side. Not only did they not I got a little benefit from the other party." Instead, he was pressed into the defense chain and beaten up!

Various rumors spread among the fleet.

Put aside some nonsense." There is a rumor that is most recognized by everyone.

Everyone heard that the reason why the Fei League was defeated in the Double Star Corridor was not because Hastings was not the opponent of General Sobol, but because the cunning Hastings wanted to lure the enemy deeper.

Don't look at the fact that the Fei Alliance fleet lost a lot of warships when they retreated from Double Star Point. They fled in a panic and even lost the LeLei [Central] star system jump point. But in fact, everything was under the control of the old man. !

Now, there is no doubt that Hastings must have taken action!

Through hundreds of large and small battles in the defense chain over the past forty hours, even a fool can see that in terms of calculations and tactical changes, Carnegie and the others are no match for the opposing commander.

No matter what tactics Carnegie and the others used, the opposing commander was always one step ahead of them.

At first, everyone thought it was because the staff department was too slow in providing analysis and planning suggestions. But later everyone discovered that "that's not the case at all!"

In many battles that were fought to the death by others, our side started first and the other side just accepted the blows and faced them. But once they fought, our side couldn't keep up with the rhythm. Forget about it and come up with several battle plans. Once the tactics change, it becomes useless paper. The fleet was led by the opponent's nose, slapped and beaten around.

It's like two people playing chess. Before one of them thinks about the next move, the other party has already thought of ten steps away.

It would be okay if it was really about playing chess. After all, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he can only lose one piece at a time. Even if he counts a hundred steps away, he still has to follow the rules.

But "this is war. There are no game rules for one person to move forward. By the time the few people here rack their brains to come up with an idea, mature it, and calculate it clearly," they have already thrown a whole set of punches to the flesh. .

"Fight to the back." Everyone clearly found that Banning and other famous generals had no confidence at all. The commander was hesitant and timid. Not to mention that he did not dare to boldly commit to a battle with equal conditions. Even if his own side had the advantage, he was cautious. Seek merit but no fault.

He doesn't have the style of a famous general at all.

Banning, perhaps you can say that he was frightened by the bandits in the Metis system. Once he was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years. excusable. But even Carnegie, Cadel and Keens, who led the most elite night army of the Binart Empire, were like this, which was unavoidable and frightening.

Who else in the world besides Hastings could turn Carnegie and the others into such figures?

The rumor quickly spread among the West York fleet as soon as it appeared.

At first, few people believed it.

But as the war progressed, this rumor became more and more convincing. The spread is also becoming more and more widespread. By the time the rumors of the Salega fleet's invasion of Jepen and Sousse inevitably spread, no one had the slightest doubt about Hastings's speculation of luring the enemy in depth.

For a time, the entire West York fleet was in panic.

Everyone understood that "by this time" Sobol had no choice but to take action.

Sobol stood with his hands behind his back.

The command hall was silent, and the communication screen in front of him was still dark.

He frowned slightly and waited quietly. Waiting for the Fei League commander who fought a wonderful battle to appear in front of him.

Unlike the officers and soldiers below, Sobol never thought that this battle was commanded by Hastings.

No one understood Hastings's conducting style better than he did. Although this person has the shadow of Hastings in handling the details of many tactical changes, "he can definitely tell that they are by no means the same person."

Compared with Hastings, this person's commanding style is less "sophisticated" but more unbridled; less heavy-handed, but more evil.

And more importantly, this person has powerful computing power that even Hastings does not have!

"Is it really you?" Thinking of Moore's previous report, Sobol narrowed his eyes slightly.

"If Moore's judgment is correct," then Sobol must admit that although he repeatedly raised the threat level of the fat man, in the end, he still underestimated him.

Unknowingly, the fat man who entered his own realization by possessing artificial intelligence has grown into a commander who is fully qualified to fight against him!

Thinking back on the battles that had lasted more than forty hours, Sobol had mixed emotions. Although he did not take action, every change on the battlefield did not escape his eyes. The command ability displayed by his opponent made him lose control several times. He stood up from the command seat in shock and ran around the room with his heart racing!

Carnegie made no mistake.

The reason why the situation is like this is all due to the ability of the opponent's commander!

Only then did Sobol become alert. After the Battle of the Twin Stars, he seemed to have relaxed too much.

The opponent divided his forces to cut off the logistics channels, stormed Desiq, and even sent troops to Sujie and Suji in Salega, calmly deploying them step by step. But he, who had always been vigilant, after defeating Hastings, marched his army straight into the Leray Central Star Territory.

I thought that by winning the Leray Capital Star, victory would be within reach!

Thinking of this, Sobol couldn't help but bring up a wry smile.

"I don't know why." While waiting for the commander of the Fei League whom he had never met before, he suddenly thought of Hastings. If the opponent was Hastings, if this was before the battle of the Double Star Corridor, he would definitely not Relax your vigilance. You will definitely not give your opponent such a chance.

But” Hastings lost.

After he failed, another person brought an endgame that was originally without any suspense to the present step by step, and it seems that there is a possibility of turning around!

Judging from the Tianzai situation map, the Western York peripheral defense chain at this moment is already in name only. Although Banning, Kader and Keens are still in front of the four attack arrows of the Filipina Alliance, the battle situation is not so much about "Western Rio blocking the opponent" as it is entangled with each other. The four Filipina Alliance warship clusters cannot rush in. In the inner circle, West York's defense fleet cannot escape. In this way——

Sober raised his head and looked at the hyperopia screen on the main screen of Central Skynet.

Through the torn defense line, which was full of holes, he saw that the bandit fleet, which had been at the rear, was slowly pressing forward.

This was Commander Xiyo, and his last desperate chance turned his head.

"The little girl wearing a white dress and red leather boots" was standing next to her.

She raised her head and looked at the Skynet screen. On her big, crystal-clear and charming eyes, her long eyelashes were raised high. Under her small and cute Yao nose, her delicate pink lips were tightly pursed. It looked like , with a little stubbornness.

"You said" would he be receptive to the conversation? Sobol asked.

The little kid was thinking and didn't speak.

After a long time, she frowned slightly and nodded uncertainly.

Sobol smiled, "Maybe" he would show up too. "

The "him" in Sobol's mouth naturally refers to the mysterious artificial intelligence next to Fatty. Until now, the Western Intelligence Department has not figured out how that artificial intelligence appeared next to Fatty.

Little Ru boy remained expressionless.

"Very nervous, right?" Sobol looked into the little girl's eyes with interest: "If I guess correctly, he has some kind of close relationship with you. Maybe" you are from the same place. "

This sentence was like a thunder.

Little Ru boy looked at Sobol's "clear eyes" and gradually became serious.

Seeing the change in the little girl's eyes, Sobol knew that "a crack had appeared in the hard shell as he guessed."

He waved. Moore and Alessandro, who were standing beside him, stepped away from each other.

"Now, there are only two of us left here." Sobol said slowly: "More than twenty years ago, your appearance made the Binart Empire even more powerful. It was able to grow from national strength in just twenty years to You deserve a lot of credit for catching up with Feiyang Republic!"

"However, I still don't like to deal with a person with secrets! Especially secrets with a purpose." Sobol looked at the little girl: "Over the years, I have traced all the clues about you. Although it has not been formed yet. , but the information in hand is enough for me to make some simple judgments."

The little girl was silent and looked at Sobol quietly.

After a long time, her clear voice, like a wind chime in the winter snow, rang faintly: "Really?"

"Being stared at by an artificial intelligence is sometimes a very painful thing." Sober said with a smile: "No matter what you do or investigate," you must use the most primitive means to transmit information. "

The little girl was silent again.

"There is a place that you should be familiar with." Sobol said leisurely.

The little Ru boy looked at his toes. After a long time, he finally raised his head and asked, "Where?"

Sobol looked into the little girl's eyes and said slowly: "Earth!" "

As soon as these two words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became depressing.

Even Moore and Alessandro, who were standing far away and did not hear any conversation, felt the dead silence as if time had frozen, and were momentarily confused.

"No matter what you know, that will happen in the future." When she heard the word "Earth", the expression on the little girl's face seemed to become peaceful and relaxed. She raised her face, revealing a smile that Sobol had never seen before. "I think you need my help controlling the other party's electronic system more now?" "

Sobol frowned slightly.

He didn't expect that he would drop such bombshells one after another and not get the final answer.

However, he cared more about what the little girl just said than the secret behind the little girl.

"Can you?"

Sober sat down on the command seat.

He understood better than anyone that without that little boy, the Fei Alliance fleet would never have been able to reach the current situation.

You must know that a fleet with artificial intelligence as its core has an overwhelming advantage over ordinary fleets in terms of command system, fire control, information transmission, intelligence collection and battleship control.

Before that, the two sides were evenly matched in terms of electronic warfare. Sober believes that this is because the other side also has artificial intelligence.

But at this moment, the little girl's words gave him a different idea. "Maybe,..." The little girl turned her head away.

As he spoke, the signal light on the communication screen lit up.

At this moment, "Whether it was in the command room of Sobol's flagship, the parliamentary observation ship hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, or the battleship still fighting many battles," everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

Carnegie, who was thin, had a sinister look in his eyes, clenched his fists, and his nails almost dug into his flesh.

Exhausted, Banning stood up from the command seat.

Keens lit a cigarette, half-squinted his eyes, and looked at the communication screen through the curling smoke.

Kader sat up straight, took off his military hat, smoothed his hair that was soaked with sweat, and put the hat back on.

These four people are all Sobol's right-hand men.

More than forty hours ago, when the Fei Alliance fleet appeared as scheduled, each of them was very confident. They thought this would be an overwhelming victory without any suspense.

In their view, as long as this battle is fought, no one in the Fiji League will be able to stop their own pace.

From here to Resk, from Resk through Chakna "straight into Trifland", and then attack from two directions and sweep across the two great republics of Fejan and Lane, they will accompany Sobor and achieve something that no one has achieved in thousands of years. Dare to imagine the grand hegemony!

However, more than forty hours of fighting had drained away their fighting spirit little by little.

No one thought that the Philippine Alliance, which was full of internal conflicts, would fight to such an extent. No one thought that after losing Hastings, another person would stand up with a more powerful calculation than Hastings. Ability to command the Fiji Alliance forces in combat.

As people who had directly fought against the opposing commander, they were full of curiosity about this guy who they could not defeat despite all their efforts.

The communication screen slowly lit up.

Everyone fell silent when they saw the person appearing on the screen.

A young General Le Ray appeared on the screen. Short hair, round face, "little provocative ears, honest eyes and expressions. If not the fat man Le Lei who has been spinning countless times in everyone's mind, who else could he be?"

"It's really him!" The staff members couldn't hide their surprise and started talking about it.

Carnegie and the others stared intently at the fat man. Their eyes were surprised and confused, as if they were desperately trying to connect the Fei League commander with superb command to the unremarkable fat man in front of them.

However, you can tell from their half-open mouths that this is very difficult!

"Admiral Tian Xingjian," Sobol said after a moment of silence, "We finally meet.".

"According to the etiquette of Western York nobles, I should say I am honored, right?" On the command platform of the flagship, President Hamilton, the fat man stood on the railing and stared at Sobol on the main screen of Skynet in front.

Beside him, hundreds of base camp staff officers and officers stood silently, looking at their commander solemnly.

Although many of them were so tired that it was difficult to stand up, their hair was wet, and their clothes were soaked with sweat. However, everyone straightened their spine.

More than forty hours ago, not everyone thought Fatty was qualified to play against Sobol. And after more than forty hours, "Fat Man has used his command to win the heartfelt respect of every officer and soldier of the Fiji League, and he has also legitimately won the qualification to talk to Sobol as an equal opponent!"

"Kill!" At this moment, the communication channels of many staff headsets were still roaring through the sky.

The battle did not stop with the meeting of the commanders of both sides. In the starry sky outside the porthole window, the battleship was still swimming at high speed, and the energy cannon light was still criss-crossing. Countless Fei League officers and soldiers were rushing towards the enemy one after another.

The battle was far more brutal than words could describe.

Soldiers wearing uniforms of different colors and styles, such as Feyans, Leres, Laine, Chakna, Tatanians, Puditoks, Siliaks, and Bema fought bravely with unprecedented unity.

This voice and this light seemed to have traveled through time and space, coming from the Lerei Patriotic War four years ago.

〖〗Freedom from a foreign home and country, glory——

Everything is in this battle!

"I should be the one who feels honored." Sobol carefully looked at the young man in front of him.

This was the first time he saw Tian Xingjian. What is different from the photos and video materials is that the young man in front of him looks calmer than a few years ago, and his eyes are more determined. The "greenness" on his face has long since disappeared with the tempering of the war. Although he is still chubby, there is a vague military edge all over his body that makes people feel heartbroken.

Even when he was standing in front of him, his eyes showed no fear!

While Sobol was sizing up Fatty, Fatty was also sizing up his biggest enemy in his life.

"Two eyes, one nose, two ears, one mouth." The fat man counted several times carefully. He was a little confused for a moment. Damn, it's not that big of a deal. His eyes slid down Sobol's body. Could it be that , he has two? Hiss!

Even if he broke Sobol's head, he wouldn't be able to guess what the resolute-faced fat man in front of him was thinking.

Sobol said: "How is Marshal Hastings' health?"

"Not good." Fatty said bluntly.

"It's a pity." A faint smile appeared on Sobol's lips, "I originally expected to be able to defeat him for the second time."

As soon as Sobol's words came out, the eyelids of the generals on both sides jumped at the same time.

Older gingers are more spicy!

Everyone knows that Sobol's most important purpose in sending his army south is to defeat Hastings head-on and completely cut down the last spiritual pillar of the Fiji Alliance!

It was precisely because they defeated Hastings in the battle of the Double Star Corridor that the Western-Jordan coalition forces swept away the anxiety and panic since their march south and their morale was high. After that, they pursued one after another and swept across the southeast with the sword pointed at Reske.

But who would have thought that they would encounter a tenacious blockage from the Fiji Alliance in the central star region of Lelei!

This moment is the most critical moment of the battle.

On the West York side, they have landed on the capital star of Lelei, and after more than forty hours of fighting, the Fiji Allied Forces have torn the outer defenses of West York to pieces. Xijiao's troops still had the upper hand, but the Fei League cut off Xijiao's logistics and launched a battle against Desik, Jiepen and Sous.

Overall, the situation is evenly divided between the two sides.

Therefore, when he was about to take over the command of this unwinnable battle, Sobol needed to boost his own morale. Let the exhausted officers and soldiers forget everything that happened in the past forty hours. Follow behind him.

Even if it’s just a short sentence. However, this sentence not only suppressed the fat man with his momentum, but also had an immeasurable encouraging effect on the demoralized officers and soldiers of Western York.

There are two meanings in his words.

First, the commander of the Feifei fleet is not Hastings. No need to worry at all.

2. "Even Hastings is just a defeated opponent. If he can defeat Hastings once, he can defeat him a second time!"

One of the criteria for distinguishing a commander's talents is whether he is good at using any environment and conditions to create a situation that is beneficial to one's own side. In novels, martial arts masters can injure people by picking off flowers or folding leaves. In reality, commanders are equally good at using any subtlety to gain victory for themselves!

This is no small trick.

This is the road to victory!

In the silence, Russell, McKinley and other Fei League generals clenched their fists.

Sober is at the top of the famous rankings and has been as famous as Hastings for many years. Even they" felt endless pressure when facing Sober.

Others said the same thing as an arrogant joke, but Sobol said it with such force that there was no way to refute it.

As a commander, once the opponent suppresses his momentum, he will be restrained everywhere in the future. However, whether it was in terms of experience or reputation, the gap between Fatty and Sober was too big.

What's worse is that no one can help him at this time. Everything can only be done by the fat man himself. The others jumped in to retort at this moment, saying that their strength was already weak because of their lack of identity. When they came to the rescue for the fat man, they were even weaker.

I'm afraid that the psychological shadow will fall on me before the battle even begins.

Just when everyone was feeling anxious, Fatty laughed in his heart.

Few people know that the psychology works that this guy studied in the laboratory of the Garipalan Military Academy could have beaten Sober to death!